Workshop B4: GMOs and Protected areas

Nature protection areas have a special status of protection both within the in the European Union and in national and regional legislation.The cultivation of GMOs on their areas and their vincinity may be restricted und controlled by the authorities in charge of their protection. However, the relation between EU wide risk assessment and regional measures of conservation are controversial and still need to be established. In the EU of 15 roughly 7,5% of the terrestrial area are protected sites and another 12,5 % are classified as sites of Community importance.